Singularia leptochorda

Singularia leptochorda is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Costa Rica, Ecuador and Venezuela.

Singularia leptochorda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Singularia
Species:
S. leptochorda
Binomial name
Singularia leptochorda
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Alucita leptochorda Meyrick, 1913
  • Alucita trichogramma Walsingham, 1915
  • Chocophora leptochorda (Meyrick, 1913)

The wingspan is 12–25 mm. The head is scaled with mixed grey-white and dark brown scales. The antennae are grey-brown. The thorax is olive brown and grey-white mixed, with a double whitish line at the dorsum and laterally a single longitudinal line. The forewings are dark brown with white lines and a white transverse band. The fringes are blocked brown and white. The underside of the forewing is chocolate-brown turning pale in both lobes toward the apex. The hindwings and fringes are brown-grey. The underside of the hindwings is dark brown, but paler toward apex of all lobes.[1] Adults have been recorded in February and May.[2]

References
  1. Neotropical Pterophoridae 9: Chocophorus, a new neotropical genus (Lepidoptera)
  2. "Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2011-12-23.


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